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test case
noun
a typical case whose court decision may be interpreted as a precedent for application in future similar cases.
a legal action taken, sometimes deliberately by agreement of both parties, with a special view to determining the position of the law on some matter, as the constitutionality of a statute.
test case
noun
a legal action that serves as a precedent in deciding similar succeeding cases
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of test case1
Example Sentences
Even before seizing national power in 1933, the Nazis implemented test cases on the state level.
The justices announced they were split 4-4 in a test case heard last month from Oklahoma, which blocks the new Catholic charter school in the state.
Mr John says that the facility will "serve as a test case for an attractive alternative" to fossil fuels.
A test case here is Spain, which faces 20% tariffs as an EU member state.
Their stated goal was to make Beverly Hills a test case for how they might continue to thwart abortion care even in places where it is politically popular.
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